Second graders grow their feelings vocabulary beyond happy and sad — learning words like proud, nervous, frustrated, and jealous — and connecting each feeling to when they might have it.
Students will be able to…
You know happy and sad — but there are so many more feelings! Proud, nervous, frustrated… the more feeling words you know, the better you understand yourself. What are they?
Project this and match each feeling to when you might have it — tap a feeling, then tap when.
Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.
There are so many feelings — how many can you name?
Children learn.
Children practice.
Children apply.
Children close.
Aligned to the CASEL 5 Social & Emotional Learning Competencies.
Name a wider range of feelings.
Connect feelings to situations.
Accept all feelings as okay.
Notice feelings as they come.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have children name a feeling they had today and when they felt it. A printable feelings sheet is in the SEL library.
Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.
A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.